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Changing GTA Resale Housing Market Reflects Economic Times
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5 s& G) F: m8 L, _; G' U- ^0 t1 ] KTORONTO, October 17, 2008 - Activity in the Greater Toronto Area resale housing market
* \* _3 @5 a3 h7 Kmoderated considerably during the first half of October with 2,700 homes changing hands, E7 O! }; M2 D4 v
Toronto Real Estate Board President Maureen O’Neill announced today.# Y% w. p0 D& h+ _; i& a) g
Sales volumes in the GTA decreased 18 per cent compared to the first half of October 2007,% E: A* f% A! O3 B; N
when 3,297 transactions were recorded and are down 10 per cent compared to the same period( }( b, a M& n& d6 g( |
in 2006 when 3,007 sales took place.5 _: l8 s' z0 |7 y5 `& W5 @
In the City of Toronto 1,140 sales took place in the first half of this month. This represents a 21% s t8 j. T j' l. f C
per cent decline from the 1,446 sales that took place in the same period a year ago and a 13 per
9 ~$ W% X0 f: o- P# A3 U+ ucent decrease from the 1,312 transactions recorded in the first half of October 2006.
* P2 t: M8 f) `+ }7 b1 u$ A+ PIn the 905 Region there were 1,560 sales in the first two weeks of this month, a 16 per cent; E7 D5 h, F7 P& V& Q5 l' k
decrease from the 1,851 transactions that took place during the same timeframe in 2007 and- l4 N2 t% J% s$ @" [3 C; w7 B7 E
down eight per cent from the 1,695 homes sold during the first half of October 2006.: l7 }* o0 K4 o8 N
House prices declined throughout the GTA during the first half of the month. The average price1 U3 N/ |$ l$ |9 z, O& ^4 V7 ~
of a GTA home is currently $353,772, down 11 per cent from $399,013 recorded the comparable1 o5 d" L7 g; N0 X/ a% B
period in 2007.! i5 U. o* H8 @! o, S, y* u$ I$ ]
In the City of Toronto the current average price $375,804, a 15 per cent decrease from the' r; C- n0 V5 ]
$441,878 average recorded at mid-October 2007.$ m: H) W2 F8 Q5 g: P) P$ l( H
In the 905 Region the average price of a home is currently $337,671. This represents an eight8 M3 y7 G# P, y$ z! O/ ]* c
per cent decline from the $365,527 average recorded during the first half of October 2007.
0 B5 Q, |! m. y* H, N+ i3 eWith 27,559 properties currently listed on the TorontoMLS system, there is now 30 per cent
2 T, ?8 c% x) _9 h4 w: Ymore available stock from which to choose as compared to a year ago when 21,182 homes were: m6 X( t: ?0 Y
listed.5 L/ N/ j7 B! \
“More choice can mean slightly longer wait times for sellers whose homes are now on average,
2 W" ^- v- K0 U! w. D5 lselling after 34 days on the market as compared to 29 days a year ago,” said Ms. O’Neill. “The
" W( J- D% j' L6 mlist to sales ratio is 97 per cent of the list price.” |
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